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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Quiet Isaac Jelfs led many hard lives, his escape from each wrapped in deep secrecy. In 1869 he reached Toronto and started his new life with his new wife and his new name. His great-grandson follows that journey, revealing Jelfs' well-hidden tracks and the reasons for his double life.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A young law clerk from England falls in love in 19th-century New York and reinvents himself in Canada. <br/><br/><p>Quiet Isaac Jelfs led many lives: a scapegoated law clerk in England; a soldier in the mad Crimean War; a lawyer on swirling Broadway Avenue in New York. His escape from each was wrapped in deep secrecy. He eventually reached Canada, in 1869, with a new wife and a changed name. In his new home -- the remote wilderness of Muskoka -- he crafted yet another persona for himself. In <i>Another Country, Another Life</i>, his great-grandson traces that long-hidden journey, exposing Isaac Jelfs' covered tracks and the reasons for his double life.</p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>This is a compelling life story, in terms of both history and mystery, with a richly drawn context about the fledgling province of Ontario in the early post-Confederation years.-- "The Bracebridge Examiner"<br><br>. . . a rare gem about early Canadian pioneers.--Peter Mansbridge<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>J. Patrick Boyer, Q.C., is a former Member of Parliament and author of many books, including <i>A Passion for Justice </i>and this book's companion volume, <i>Raw Life</i>, both available from Dundurn. He lives in Muskoka and Toronto.

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